Mistune before 3.3.0 contains an inefficient algorithmic complexity vulnerability in parse_link_text that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service through unbalanced square brackets. Attackers can submit markdown containing long runs of unmatched brackets to mistune.html(), triggering repeated forward scans that stall worker processes for minutes.
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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-606
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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description Mistune before 3.3.0 contains an inefficient algorithmic complexity vulnerability in parse_link_text that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service through unbalanced square brackets. Attackers can submit markdown containing long runs of unmatched brackets to mistune.html(), triggering repeated forward scans that stall worker processes for minutes.
Title Mistune before 3.3.0 Quadratic Denial of Service via parse_link_text
First Time appeared Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
Weaknesses CWE-407
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:24.689Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:20:02.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-115347

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:40.267

Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:40.387

Link: CVE-2026-115347

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-22T19:13:24Z

Links: CVE-2026-115347 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T13:30:07Z

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